Friday, February 20, 2015

Final (?) Order from Partszilla

I should be set after this. I got some extra exhaust gaskets just in case. The air filter I got just because I don't trust Burnout's attention to details like 'maintenance'.


Monday, February 16, 2015

S90 on the lift

It's pretty beat up, but the only truly nasty surprise was the muffler mount all cut off. Have to figure out how to fix that.












HF Bike lift

I got the Harbor Sheight motorcycle lift table on sale and the damned jack wouldn't lift it, even after a shitload of bleeding as per the manual. They did send me a replacement, but 10 weeks later it arrived, and it was for the newer design. Great. So tonight I wrestled the jack out of the lift and messed with it a bit.

I didn't really get any pictures, but it's basically set up like a bottle jack, with check valves and the like. Cheap Chinese crap is notorious for bad check valves, at least to me. I've seen it in propane tank-top heaters and now in jacks.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what fixed it as I gave it a good going-through, generously soaking every inch of my workspace with whatever nasty used motor oil they shipped the thing with. My guess would be either the washer that holds the pump check valve ball  (28A) was backwards or the rubber tube that held the release ball (30A) was in the way. I put it back together after flipping the washer (28A) and without the rubber tube (30A) and it's behaving, so I'm going with it.

I also screwed down the adjuster relief screw (16A) from 3.5 turns out to 0.5 turns out because 1) IDGAF and 2) It's my understanding that this will increase the weight the jack will hold before the overload protection trips the valve. I guess. I void warranties.


Saturday, February 14, 2015

CH250 starter replaced

Well I got the new starter in and it spins nicely. The old one feels pretty crunch when I spin it by hand. Feels good, bro.

Monday, February 2, 2015

Documented the harness being unwrapped here: http://youtu.be/OMXoseWMLyc

short, left, right,x-cross,tag,tube

    l
s--x---t------b
    r

DRAFT:
when wrapping
start at the end of s and wrap counter-clockwise

ls to tr

tr to ls

to the end of l and back

sr over to lt
lt under to sr

to the end of r and back

sl over to tr

sr over to lt
around the base of t a few times

sr over to lt

sl over to tr

to the long end


tag
back side of tag is wrapped, with wrapped side away from X
harness is then wrapped 10 times, then tag is folded over the wrapped end, away from X.
tip is then wrapped.